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Adams, Ed
Recreational Racquet
FH: Recreational
BH: Recreational
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Ed has been playing table tennis since he was a child. He plays for fun and especially enjoys church-held tournaments.
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Bhatia, Raj
Butterfly Brian Pace
FH: Butterfly Stayer
BH: Butterfly Stayer
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Raj started playing in 1st grade for club teams at school. Now he plays for the exercise and enjoys competing.
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JC Penney's Recreational Blade
FH: Juic Dany III inverted
BH: Butterfly Short Soft Pips
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Bill played table tennis from 1973-1999. He started playing again in 2005. Bill was a member of the dorm doubles' championship team at the University of Missouri - Columbia in 1970.
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Chris played growing up. He's played seriously for several months. Chris has a stronger defensive game so he is working on his offensive game.
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Jim has been playing for many years. Back in the 1970's, he played with the St. Louis Table Tennis Club in a bowling alley. He stopped playing for a number of years when he moved to Boston. He was a pen-holder and primarily a defensive player. In recent years, he has changed to an offensive player with a "flip hitting" style. Jim has had no formal coaching and used to play tournaments with his son years ago. He taught his French wife to play pen-holder. He has won several tournaments over the years. He is now working at Principia in the Security department.
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Lonnie has been playing table tennis since he was a child. He enjoys this sport and is a recreational only player. The first new piece of furniture that he got when he was married was a ping-pong table.
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Brown, Tim
Butterfly VSG 2000
FH: Butterfly Bryce
BH: Butterfly Bryce
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Tim grew up playing his older siblings that beat him. He played with a hard pips out blade. In college, he played and switched blades to counter the spin. He just recently started playing more seriously. He is working on getting better. He plays with emotion.
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Carney, Josiah
Butterfly Brian Pace
FH: Butterfly Stayer
BH: Butterfly Stayer
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Josiah enjoys playing with friends and recently got a table for Christmas. He just recently started playing more seriously.
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Cofield, Chris
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Cofield, Tom
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He started playing as a kid in the basement with his mom, Kathy. He starts college in the Fall of 2007 and is looking forward to playing table tennis there on the first Lindenwood University team.
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Kathy started playing in her basement with her son, Brett. She recently played in her first USATT tournament. It was a Killerspin tournament in Chicago.
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